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"Trust your gut"

B2 Identity & Self

Definition

To follow your instinct or inner feeling, especially when logic or evidence is not enough to guide you.

How to use it

"Gut" here means instinct, not the stomach. Very common in English when talking about decisions made by feeling rather than reason.

Examples

► "I had no evidence either way, so I trusted my gut and said yes."

► "She trusted her gut when something about the deal felt wrong, and she was right."